System Design Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Engineering
Hardware Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
As a System Design Engineer, you will design hardware to validate board-level system functionality and electrical performance of new Apple products. Working cross-functionally with design, firmware, software, and operations teams, you will play a key role in ensuring Apple's quality standards are exceeded and our customers receive the best possible product experience.
DescriptionLead the design of custom hardware testing fixtures, software (firmware and/or FPGA IP), and instrumentation critical to Apple's product integrity. Drive the development of testing hardware and software instrumentation in parallel with product design timelines. Develop a deep understanding of the full product architecture at both the hardware and system level to deliver complete and thorough testing solutions. Collaborate cross-functionally with design, firmware, software and operations teams to develop and test groundbreaking products.
Apply strong communication skills and technical expertise to lead cross-functional efforts from concept through execution.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Good understanding analog, digital, and power electronics hardware architectures and design
- Experience in schematic & PCB layout design using Allegro or a similar CAD tool
- Ability to design and debug complex electrical schematics and PCB layouts and propose clear, relevant experiments
- Good oral & written communication skills - be able to communicate complex engineering concepts clearly and concisely to various cross functional teams and leadership
- Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally up-to 10% of the time; estimated 8-10 days per trip.
- Working knowledge of USB 3.2, USB-PD, Display Port, PCIe, I2C, SPI technologies and protocols, and design
- Prior experience with bed of nails test fixture and designing custom test instruments
- Basic software engineering experience (writing, editing, debugging Python or LUA scripts, C/C++ etc.)
- Experience in FPGA development (Verilog, Sys Verilog, VHDL)
- Prior technical leadership and/or project management experience
- Prior experience of performing parametric data statistical analysis (CPK, GRR etc)
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